Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
dead hand:
dead hand: A poker hand that has been fouled and can no longer win the pot. Having too many or two few cards in your hand when playing pokerdoor card: The first card dealt up card in Five-Card or Seven-Card stud. draw: (1) A tie, a hand where both players have the same rank of poker hand and divide the pot. (2) Receiving another card from the dealer. (3) A poker hand needing additional cards to improve. drawing dead: Drawing to a hand already beaten by an opponent’s higher ranked hand. Drawing for a Flush when your opponent already has a Full House.
expectation:
expectation: The amount of money one can expect to win, or loose, flop: The three cards exposed by the dealer when playing Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Crazy Pineapple, etc.